Best Puerto Rican Beans Recipes

PUERTO RICAN RICE AND BEANS (ARROZ CON GANDULES)

Steps:

• Heat olive oil over medium heat in a medium-sized caldero or nonstick pan. Stir in sofrito, garlic, sazon, and adobo; cook for 4 minutes, making sure not to burn garlic. Stir in rice until coated well; pour in chicken broth and water and stir once more.
• Bring mixture to a boil and cook over medium-high heat until all liquid has been absorbed and rice looks like it has little holes throughout, 20 to 25 minutes. Reduce heat to low. Stir in peas and cilantro gently from bottom to top, once or twice only. Cover and let sit for 10 minutes.
• Turn off heat and let rice sit, uncovered, for 10 minutes more.

PUERTO RICAN RICE AND BEANS

Steps:

• Heat a large stockpot over medium-high heat. Add pork and saute until browned, about 7 minutes. Stir in garlic and heat until fragrant. Add gandules, recaito, sazon seasoning, and olives. Reduce heat and simmer for about 10 minutes.
• Add rice to the pot and stir to coat. Add 1 1/2 cans' worth of water; bring to a boil and cover. Simmer until rice has absorbed most of the liquid and formed a "crust" on the bottom, 20 to 30 minutes. Stir mixture near the top, avoiding the crust, after 20 minutes.

PUERTO RICAN RICE AND BEANS (PINK BEANS)

Steps:

• Heat oil in saucepan on medium. Add ham and sauté for about 5 minutes.
• Add Sofrito, Recaito and garlic and sauté another 5 minutes.
• Stir in remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer until potatoes are tender and beans are desired thickness.
• Serve over hot rice.
• Tip: We eat this with a slice or two of avocado, which is traditionally how rice and beans are served in Puerto Rico.

AUTHENTIC PUERTO RICAN RICE AND BEANS

Steps:

• Made by Goya brand and can be found in the Spanish/Latin section of your grocery store Cook white rice as instructions on package of rice say to (5 minute rice is perfectly fine).
• make sure when you are done cooking to let excess water out of rice.
• In saucepan, heat oil on low-medium heat and put in the ham, salted pork, or Canadian bacon.
• once it starts to sizzle, add the garlic powder and Adobo seasoning.
• Then add the Sofrito and Sazon con Azafran seasoning, stir.
• Next add red beans (drain most of liquid, just a little bit is needed to pull the sauce together).
• Mix and serve.
• (in Puerto Rico, it is traditional to serve rice and beans with almost every meal, but mainly with pork chops (cooked with a little sofrito and adobo seasoning) on the side).
• Enjoy (a wonderful recipe straight from the island).

PUERTO RICAN RICE AND BEANS (ARROZ CON HABICHUELAS)

Steps:

• Place the water and ham hock in a pressure cooker, check to make sure the steam release holes are clear and cook for 5 minutes.
• Add the pinto beans and cook 20 minutes more.
• Add the rice, and when the pressure cooker"hisses," cook for another 5 minutes.
• While the rice and beans cook, heat the oil in a large skillet and saute the onion and garlic until the onion becomes translucent.
• Add the red pepper, jalapeno peppers, oregano and tomatoes, stirring and chopping as you go.
• Add 1/4 cup of the reserved tomato juice, half of the salt and half of the pepper.
• Lower the heat and simmer 15 minutes.
• After the rice and beans have cooked, remove the ham hock, slice off 2 ounces of lean meat and reserve.
• Add the cooked rice and beans to the pepper-tomato mixture in the skillet.
• Stir in the reserved ham hock meat, 2 Tbs of the cilantro, the capers and the remaining salt and pepper.
• To serve: Spoon into bowls and garnish with the remaining cilantro.

PUERTO RICAN RED BEANS AND RICE

Steps:

• Over medium heat, heat oil in a large saucepan.
• Add ham, chorizo, onion and green pepper, garlic and cumin.
• Sauté until vegetables are tender.
• Add beans, tomato sauce and Tabasco sauce.
• Simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add in remaining ingredients and 4 cups water.
• Bring to boil.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer until rice is tender.

PUERTO RICAN BEANS AND RICE

Steps:

• Put all ingredients except rice in a medium saucepan; bring to a boil.
• Stir; lower heat and simmer until thickened, about an hour.
• Serve over rice (tip: when preparing rice, rinse before cooking).

PUERTO RICAN STEWED BEANS ( HABICHUELAS GUISADAS)

Steps:

• Add olive oil and add sofrito heat through for 1 minute.
• Add olives, beans, Sazon packet, tomato sauce and cook for 1 minute.
• Add water.
• Cook for 20-25 minutes at medium heat, you want bean stew to thicken slightly.
• Serve with yellow or white rice.

PUERTO RICAN RICE AND BEANS

Steps:

• 1. First cut in cubes the smoke ham.
• 2. Put aside chopped onion, red and green pepper, also mince garlic.
• 3. In a cast iron pot about 4 quarts, put oil when hot put in ham let cook for 3 minutes then add onions, peppers and garlic. Also chop cilantro and put in pot to cook at medium heat.
• 4. When tender add tomato sauce ,the sazon seasoning and adobo, pimento olive and the 2 cans of pink beans or small red beans stir put in the rice and chicken bouillon and chicken stock, make sure it does not have too much liquid.
• 5. Cook in low heat cover tight or put aluminum first and cover and let cook for 30 minutes. When liquid is absorbed take large spoon for moving rice around and do it a few times.
• 6. Then cover and cook for another 30 minutes. You will be smelling the aroma of your rice. Uncover and stir again and taste the rice to see if grain is fully cooked. If so cover shut the stove and now you are ready to enjoy your delicious Puerto Rican rice and beans. You could make pork chops or chicken and salad on the side. You won't regret doing this dish, bon appetite. Serves 8 or more depending on how you serve.
• 7. This dish goes good with my flan as a dessert. Whatever you serve it with - enjoy my authentic Puerto Rican rice and beans!

PUERTO RICAN BEANS (HABICHUELAS GUISADAS)

Steps:

• Soak beans in enough water to cover overnight.
• Empty Beans into colander and wash with cold water. Discard any split/broken beans or beans that look odd in color and/or size.
• Place beans in large pot with cold water (add enough cold water to cover beans by about 3 inches).
• Cook beans on high heat until they come up to a boil.
• Reduce heat to Medium and partially cover with lid. Cook beans for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until beans start to soften stirring occasionally, and adding water as needed (some water will evaporate during cooking). Remember to always have beans covered with at about 3 inches of water.
• Meanwhile, heat a saute pan on medium/low heat. Add olive oil, Sofrito (if using), or the substituted ingredients.
• Saute for 3 minutes, then add tomato paste, Goya sazon, Chicken bouillon cubes, oregano, cumin, black pepper and Olives. Continue to cook for another 2 minutes. Remove from heat, set aside.
• After beans have cooked for about and hour, add the chopped Calabaza or potato (optional) and sofrito with the seasonings to the beans. Mix well, add more water if needed. Cook for additional 1/2 hour on medium heat partially covered, then 1/2 hour on medium heat uncovered stirring occasionally.
• When beans are done, garnish with 1/4 cup chopped cilantro.

PUERTO RICAN CHICKEN & BEANS RECIPE - (5/5)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. In a food processor, combine all of the ingredients except for the chicken, and blend into a smooth marinade. In a large bowl, toss the chicken and marinade. Place the chicken onto a foil-lined baking sheet, cover with foil, and bake for 35-45 minutes, until the chicken is near done. Remove foil and bake chicken to desired doneness, about 5 minutes longer. Habichuelas Guisadas Heat the olive oil and recite in a pot for 5 minutes over medium high heat. Add the bay leaves, olives, tomato sauce, and sazon. Mix until incorporated. Add the potatoes and beans. For thicker beans, add the beans plus their liquid. For thinner beans, drain and add 1 cup of water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium, and cook for 15 minutes, or until potatoes are softened. Salt and pepper to taste.

PUERTO RICAN BEANS AND RICE(HABICHUELAS ROSADAS)

Steps:

• Prepare Cooked White Rice: In a heavy 4-quart saucepan or Dutch oven, heat 3 cups water, 1/4 cup olive oil, and salt to boiling over high heat.
• Reduce heat to medium; add 2 cups rice and cook uncovered until rice appears to be dry-10 to 15 minutes.
• Using a fork, bring rice on the bottom to the top, but do not mix.
• Reduce heat to low; cook 10 minutes.
• Turn rice over again and cook 10 minutes longer.
• Cover rice and keep warm until ready to serve.
• This rice dish is somewhat crunchy in texture.
• Beans: In a 1-quart saucepan, heat water and squash to boiling over high heat.
• Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook until tender-10 to 15 minutes.
• Drain squash, reserving 1 1/2 cups cooking liquid in a measuring cup.
• Add annatto seeds to cooking liquid and set aside 5 minutes.
• In 4-quart saucepan, heat olive oil over medium heat.
• Add onion, green pepper, garlic, chile pepper, and cilantro; saute mixture, or sofrito, 5 minutes.
• Strain liquid from annatto into sofrito, discarding seeds.
• Add tomato sauce and squash.
• Reduce heat to low and cook, stirring occasionally, until sauce is thickened-about 20 minutes.
• Stir undrained beans, salt, and oregano into mixture and cook until beans are warmed through and sauce has thickened again-about 15 minutes.
• To serve, spoon bean mixture over Cooked White Rice on serving plate.
• Enjoy!

SLOW COOKER PUERTO RICAN BLACK BEANS WITH SOFRITO AND CILANTRO

Steps:

• Place all of the sofrito ingredients in a food processor or blender, and chop finely (do not pureé). In a 3-quart slow cooker, combine the beans, 3/4 cup of the sofrito, tomato, cumin, Mexican oregano, red pepper flakes, onion and garlic. Add 4 cups of water, and stir. Cook on LOW for 7 hours, until the beans are soft but still hold their shape. Season to taste with salt and black pepper. Stir in the fresh cilantro, and serve hot, over rice.

SUPER EASY PUERTO RICAN RICE AND BEANS

Steps:

• 1. In a pot, sauté the sofrito in a little olive oil for a couple of minutes.
• 2. Add all the remaining ingredients except the rice and cook covered until the diced large waxy potato is tender.
• 3. Serve over rice.

PUERTO RICAN BEANS

Steps:

• Saute onion and diced yam in olive oil. Add sofrito to vegetables once they have softened. Let mixture come together a bit. Add beans and tomato sauce/crushed tomatoes, and olives. Stir. Bring to a simmer and cook for about two hours, until thickened. I start with the lid off and then put it on once the beans have reached the right consistency. Serve with rice.

PUERTO RICAN RED BEANS AND RICE

Steps:

• Over medium heat, heat oil in a large saucepan.
• Add ham, chorizo, onion and green pepper, garlic and cumin.
• Sauté until vegetables are tender.
• Add beans, tomato sauce and Tabasco sauce.
• Simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add in remaining ingredients and 4 cups water.
• Bring to boil.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer until rice is tender.

PUERTO RICAN RICE WITH PINTO BEANS #2 RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• Fry onions and garlic in olive oil. Add salt and pepper. Add tomato sauce and Sazon. Stir and let it sit for 2 min. Add beans, water and boullion cube. Let boil. Add rice, stir and bring to boil again. Cover and simmer for 25 minutes. Check and if rice is properly cooked stir and let sit for 5 min. Serves 8 WW Points Plus: 6